Garment-fastener.



M. M. PARSNOW.

GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 5, 1914.

Patented Mar 30. 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTO-LITHOH WASHINGTON, D. C.

Parr ol l lt MYRTLE 'M. PARSNOW, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

GARMENT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 35, l9l5.

Application filed October 5, 1914.. Serial No. 865,055.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MYRTLE M. PARSNOW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Fasteners,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment fasteners of the general class knownas hook and eye fasteners, and my object is to produce an effieientfastener comprising a hook member and an eye member each provided withintegral prongs susceptible of being forced through the fabric and toultimately lie substantially parallel with and clamp the fabric againstthe body portion to retain the member reliably in the position it isnecessary it should occupy to properly perform its function.

Another object is to produce a fastener of simple and cheapconstruction.

'To these ends the invention consists in certain novel and peculiarfeatures of construction and organization as hereinafter described andclaimed; and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to behad to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1, is a perspectiveview of the hook memberof the fastener in blank, the View being takenfrom above- Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the completed hook member,as viewed from below, prior to its attachment to a garment or the like.Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical longitudinal sections of the hook member onthe line III-IV of Fig. 5, Fig. 3, showing the member in an initialstage of its attachment to the garment. Fig. 5, is a perspective View ona reduced scale, of the hook member as illustrated by Fig. 4. Fig. 6, isa perspective view of the eye member in the blank.

Each member of the fastener is preferably made of fairly stiff thinductile metal or its equivalent which will not corrode or otherwisediscolor or stain the garment to which it is attached should the garmentbecome damp through washing or otherwise.

Referring to the hook member, 1 indicates the body portion andprojecting centrally from the front edge of the same is a tongue adaptedto be bent back at what may be termed the outer side of the body portionto form a fastening element or hook 2. At opposite sides of and spacedfrom the tongue and also projecting from the front edge of the bodyportion is a pair of parallel pins or prongs 3 of substantially twicethe length of the hook and projecting from the same edge of the bodyportion between the tongue and the pins or prongs 3 are pins or prongs4, the same being preferably of approximately the same length as thehook.

In longitudinal alinement with the hook and bowed outwardly toward thesame is a hump 5 formed on the body portion and adapted to cooperatewith the hook in securely retaining in engagement therewith an eye ofany suitable character but preferably of a type hereinafter described.

For convenience in effecting the engagement of the hook with the eye,the terminal of the hook is bent outwardly as at 6, so that inconjunction with the body portion 1, it shall form a flaring mouth asappears most clearly by reference to Figs. 3 and-4t, and the terminalsof the pins or prongs 3 and 4 are bent or curved as at 7 and 8respectively so that they may lie more flatly or snugly against thedoubled portions 9 and 10 respectively produced by bending said pins orprongs inwardly of the body portion, Fig. 4, illustrating most clearlyhow the terminals of the arms 3 fit snugly against the rounded ordoubled portions 9. With this arrangement there is no danger of theterminals of the pins or prongs projecting outwardly so as to scratch orcut the fingers of the person fastening the garment or the parts of thelatter being accidentally torn by engagement with the terminals of saidprongs or pins.

In Fig. 6, which illustrates the eye member of the fastener, the bodyportion 1 is of I-shape, the cross piece or stem of the lE-shaped bodyportion being bowed out- 'wardly and adapted for engagement by the hook2. For convenience of illustration the width of the eye member ismaterially exaggerated, it being of course understood that it should bewide enoughto provide an eye with which the hook can be readily engaged.

To secure the hook member in operative position it is preferred that thegarment 11 shall be formed with a hem 12, and to completely hide themember at the inner side of the hem, the pins or prongs 3 are forcedthrough the inner portion of the hem as shown in Fig. 3, the devicebeing pressed in the direction indicated by the arrow in said figure, tocause the other pins or prongs 4 to also pass through the inner portionof the hem, the adjustment continuing until the hem at the point firstpenetrated comes into engagement with the doubled portions 9 and 10, asillustrated most clearly in Fig. a. In effecting this adjustment abouthalf the length of the long pins or prongs has emerged from the hem andthe impaled portion of the hem lies against the under side of the'bodyportion in the position which it retains throughout its period ofservice, and to retain thehook in such position the said projectingportions of the pins or prongs 3 are bentas at 12, around the rear edgeof the body portion and then down upon the outer side of the same, itbeing preferred that the proportion shall be such that the curved ends 7shall fit snugly around the bent portions 9 as hereinbefore explainedand as shown clearly in Fig. 4E. The eye member is secured in positionin a similar manner, that is to say the pins or prongs 3 andcorresponding to the pins or prongs 3 and 1 respectively, are doubleduntil they lie at the inner side of the body portion and after said armshave been passed through the mner portion of the hem, the longer armsare bent around the rear edges of the oody portion and down upon theouter sides of the same. It will be readily seen that ,a fastener of thecharacter described can be easily and quickly secured. in position andthat by reason of the doubled portions 9 and 10 and the doubled portions12, the members are held flatly to the goods and incapable oflongitudinal slippage.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced agarment fastener embodying the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable, and I wish it to be understood that I reserve the right tomake all changes falling within the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims.

I claim:

1. In a garment fastener, a body portion and a pair of substantiallyparallel pins proiecting from the front edge of the body portion anddoubled back at the inner side of the body portion and'of greater lengththan the latterso as to be capable of rebending around the rear edge ofthe body portion and against the outer side of the latter, the

body portion being provided at its outer side with a rearwardly openinghook lying in a plane approximately parallel to the planes of said pinsand at one side thereof.

2. In a garment fastener, a body portion and a pair of substantiallyparallel pins projecting from the front edge of the body portion anddoubled back at the inner side of the body portion and of greater lengththan the latter so as to be capable of rebending around the rear edge ofthe body portion and against the outer side of the latter, the bodyportion being provided at its outer side with a rearwardly opening hooklying in a plane approximately parallel the planes of said pins and, atone end, the body portion also having a hump at its outer side to assistin retaining an object in engagement with the hook.

3. In a garment fastener, a body portion, a rearwardly opening hookdisposed at the outer side of the body portion and two pairs of pinslying at the opposite side of the body portion from the hook andextending rearwardly with respect thereto, the body portion having ahump at its outer side within the hook.

4-. In a garment fastener, a body portion, a reaiwvardly opening hookdisposed at the outer side of the body portion and two pairs of pins ofunequal length disposed at the opposite side of the body portion fromthe hook, the longer pair of pins being of greater length than the bodyportion.

5. A garment fastener, comprising a body portion of substantiallyrectangular form provided at one of its ends with two pairs ofsubstantially parallel pins, one pair of said pins being of length to bedoubled back to underlie the body portion and the other pair ofsufficient length to be also doubled back under the body portion and tobe rebent or doubled outwardly around the rear end of the body portionand downwardly toward the outer face of the latter; said body portionbeing also provided with a fastening element at its outer side.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

MYRTLE M. PARSNOV.

Vitnesses:

H. C. Rononns, G. Y. Tnonrn.

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' Washington. D. C.

